THOUGHTS, DREAMS & ACTION

If we’re going to get through the next few years, we need a change of narrative so profound that our entire culture changes direction. We need not just new stories, but a whole new shape to what a story is. And it will start with our writing.

THOUGHTS | DREAMS | ACTION

If we’re going to get through the next few years, we need a change of narrative so profound that our entire culture changes direction. We need not just new stories, but a whole new shape to what a story is. And it will start with our writing.

Me on Radio 4’s Front Row

So today I got to meet one of my all time super-heroes – and she was every bit as amazing as I’d imagined… which is really rather wonderful. Samira Ahmed (for it is she on the right in the pic) is charming, intelligent, thoughtful – and she liked the book. She said she was going off to read the Boudica books now. I am utterly besotted… Doesn’t get much better than that.

I’ve edited the file down so you don’t get the whole programme and as my editing isn’t brilliant, there’s a slight jump between my introduction and the later section where Samira begins the interview (apologies).